Whooo!
A hollow Iron Lotus Seed shot into the air with a low whistle.
"Please wait a moment, miss. My companion will bring the clothes over shortly," Chen Mu explained with a smile.
The Long-Haired Woman said nothing.
Chen Mu sighed. "I'm already getting your goods for you. Are you buying them or not? At least say something."
A thick fog rapidly spread through the woods.
"Or you could just move out of the way." Chen Mu was in a hurry to get back and cook; he was already starving.
The Long-Haired Woman did not move.
The chill in the air grew increasingly intense.
"The road is wide enough for everyone. How about this? I'll go that way, and you can't block my path again, all right?" Chen Mu negotiated with complete sincerity.
Then, ignoring the Long-Haired Woman's reaction, he turned ninety degrees and walked away.
But before he had gone ten meters, Chen Mu stopped.
Another graceful figure appeared ahead.
Her snow-white skin was covered in bloodstains. Festering wounds emerged across her back and thighs, rapidly worsening and spreading. It made one's scalp crawl just looking at them.
Chen Mu looked utterly helpless. "Miss, since you insist on pushing me this far, don't blame me for abandoning martial virtue!"
Chen Mu's expression hardened into cold solemnity. He crouched slightly and took a deep breath.
"Jie Jia! If you don't come out right now, I'm docking your pay!"
Buzz!
A ball of pale fluorescent light suddenly exploded in midair.
Trailing a long tail of flame, the white orb slammed into the Long-Haired Woman.
Like a wax figure meeting fire, she rapidly melted, dripped, and warped beneath the white light.
Finally, with a shrill scream, she scattered into ashes.
The fluorescent light shattered into sparks at the spot.
With his hands